Reward System

An Academic Award for Excellence will be given to the Grade Eleven student with the highest average in the Mock Examinations.

Lower School			Upper School
96 and over	4	Merits	86 and over	4	Merits
91 – 95	3	''	81 – 85	3	''
86 – 90	2	''	76 – 80	2	''
80 – 85	1	''	70 - 75	1	''

Students receive merits for:

• Good performance in units tests
• Good performance in examinations
• Good work in research (group or individual)
• Good work in practical
• Good conduct in class and out of class
• Marked improvement in class work
• Initiative
• Honesty
• Outstanding deportment at inspection
• Helpfulness of students to other students, teachers, or other employees on the premises
• Good conduct in class and out of class
• Outstanding performance when representing the school in sporting activities, (girl guiding, cadet), talent parades, drama, festivals (Spanish, French, etc.), and others
• Outstanding attendance and punctuality

Criteria For Graduation Certificate

• Grade 10 – All students must pursue a course of study in no less than eight (8) subjects taken from those offered in the pool in which they are placed.
• No student will be allowed to discontinue a subject at the end of Grade 10.
• Grade 11- Students must pursue a course of study in all subjects pursued in grade 10 to be examined by CXC- CSEC. All SBA’s must also be submitted.

NB. Students who do not sit their eight (8) CXC-CSEC (including Mathematics and English) at 11th Grade will not qualify for a Certificate of Distinction but a School Leaving Certificate. They will also not qualify for any Ardenne High School or National CXC - CSEC awards.

Admission to Sixth Form

Admission to Sixth Form will be based on both academic and non-academic criteria. Students will be assessed in the following areas:

Non-Academic Criteria

• Leadership qualities
• Attendance to school and classes
• Punctuality to school and classes
• Involvement in extra–curricular activities
• Fulfilling community service obligations
• Conduct/deportment (the number of truancies, demerits, order marks and suspensions) will be taken into consideration
• Compliance with the guidelines set by teachers with regard to the SBA

Academic Criteria

To be considered for admission to Grade 12, applicants must pass at least 6 subjects at the CSEC General Proficiency Level or GCE Ordinary Level Examinations or a combination of the two. At the CSEC Level, students must obtain at least 4 subjects with grade 1 and at the GCE, O’Level, students must obtain at least 4, A’s.

NOTE: Students MUST achieve a grade 1 or 2 in the subject that they wish to pursue in 12th Grade as well as a grade 1 or 2 in English Language and Mathematics.

Prerequisites For Subject Selections

Agricultural Science – CSEC Agricultural Science Animation and Gaming Design – Information Technology and /or Visual Art Art and Design – Visual Arts Biology – Biology Chemistry – Chemistry Computer Science – Information Technology Digital Media – Information Technology and/or Visual Art Economics – Principles of Business and/or Mathematics Entrepreneurship – Principles of Business or Principles of Accounts Environmental Science – Geography Food and Nutrition – Food and Nutrition French – French

Geography – Geography Geometrical Engineering and Mechanical Drawing – Technical Drawing History – Caribbean History Law Literatures in English – English Literature Management of Business – Principles of Business Physics - Physics Pure Mathematics- Additional Mathematics and Mathematics Sociology – Caribbean History OR Caribbean History and Social Studies Spanish - Spanish

Subjects Offered

Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Biology Law Environmental Science Physics Economics Annimation And Gaming Communication Studies	Chemistry Computer Science Sociology Physics Agricultural Science Performing Arts Communication Studies	Mathematics Management Of Business Building Mechanical Engineering Drawing Spanish Entrepeneurship Communication Studies	Geography Art And Design Food And Nutrition French History Communication Studies	Chemistry Accounting Literatures In English Biology Mathematics Digital Media Communication Studies

Procedure For Submission Of Application Forms

1. Complete the application form online then take the confirmation page along with an application fee of $4000.00 (non-refundable) to the “Necessities” (Book Shop) at Ardenne High School. The final date for submission of application forms will be provided at a later time.

   Please note that no application form will be accepted / processed without the application fee being paid and the and the confirmation page handed in.

2. Students’ files will be reviewed for the non-academic aspect of the entry requirement.

3. Academic assessment will be done once the CSEC results are published.

4. Successful applicants will be notified via email.

5. An acceptance list of those students who have fulfilled all the matriculation requirements and whose applications have been approved will be posted on the Notice Board by the Administrative Building.

6. Those students to be interviewed will be contacted and given an appointment. (Students are interviewed for a number of reasons – these include- assistance with subject selection and career guidance).

Fees

The fees for Grade 12 for 2023- 2024 are as follows:

• Sixth Form Fee - $62,100.00

• You are expected to pay the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) dues of $5,000.00 at the PTA Office.

  • This covers your insurance which you will need for contact sports and school trips

• Library Development Fee: - $2,300.00

• Technology Development Fees - $6,900.00 (Applicable to Computer Science Students only)

• Digital Media Lab Fees - $6,900.00 (Applicable to Digital Media Students only)

• Animation and Gaming Design Fees - $6,900.00 - (Fee of $10,350.00 applicable if doing both Digital Media and Animation and Gaming Design)

• One Science Subject Lab Fee a flat rate of - $3,450.00 and each additional science subject thereafter - $1,380.00

PLEASE NOTE: Grade 12 students are reminded to clear balances from Grade 12 then proceed to the Bursary with proof of payment for previous balances and current payment for Grade 13.

NOTE: THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE.

Valedictory Service

All Grade Eleven students are invited to the Valedictory and Prizegiving Service. However, the school reserves the right to exclude any student whose conduct does not represent the standards of Ardenne High School.

The service will take place on the first Sunday in July commencing at 5:00 p.m. on the school’s grounds.
The dress for the Valedictory Service is an academic gown and mortarboard.
The girls will wear their school uniform under the gown along with black shoes.
The boys will wear long sleeve white shirts with khaki pants under the gown, along with black or brown shoes.

Criteria for students’ participation in the Valedictory Service

• Completion of CXC/CSEC programme in at least 8 subjects assigned in grade 10.
• Students must have registered for the CXC/CSEC examination in at least 8 subjects assigned from grade 10.
• Satisfactory completion and submission of the School Based Assessment (SBA) as stipulated by the school.
• Completion of Community Service of at least 15 hours each year from Grades 9 through Grade 11. For each year, these 15 hours should be completed in no fewer than five visits.
• Active involvement in at least one co-curricular activity in the 9th, 10th and 11th Grades.
• A disciplinary record free of suspensions in Grades 10 and 11 (including accumulation of demerits, truancies and late attendance to school).
• Payment of all fees required by the school.

Criteria for Valedictorian

• The Valedictorian will be voted for by his/her peers; however, the final decision will be made by the Academic Staff.
• Outstanding academic performance in grades ten and eleven.
• Involvement in Co-curricular activities, completion of 15 hrs of Community Service per year.
• Exemplary behaviour, that is, no suspensions, detentions nor demerits
• All SBA’s must be completed and submitted.